This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 111 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 111 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What literary device is being used in the sentence 'The sun is a golden ball'? A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 2. Uncle Jon smells bad and wears old clothes. A) Direct Characterization. B) Indirect Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Characterization. 3. The point of the greatest emotional intensity. A) Theme. B) Setting. C) Narrative Poem. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climax. 4. "The world invented weapons and words, " A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Parallelism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 5. Which literary device is a mournful poem or lament for the dead? A) Dialogue. B) Elegy. C) Juxtaposition. D) Invective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elegy. 6. What issue causes the conflict between Shylock and the Christian characters to come to a head? A) War. B) Mercy. C) Politics. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mercy. 7. Suggests a hidden meaning via the use of metaphoric examples. It is a device where the meaning of a greater, often abstract moral or political concept is conveyed with the aid of more material objects or ideas being used as an example. A) Allegory. B) Alliteration. C) Anagram. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allegory. 8. In the phrase 'Time is money', which literary device is being used? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. A character who has only one or two personality traits A) Dynamic. B) Static. C) Flat. D) Round. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat. 10. Rachel ran right until she realized she was running round and round. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 11. The expression of the writer's attitude toward a subject. A) Mood. B) Allusion. C) Irony. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 12. "Brian was a wall, quickly returning every tennis ball back at his opponent over the net." This is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 13. Clap along if you feel like a room without a roofClap along if you feel like happiness is the truthClap along if you know what happiness is to you A) Anaphora. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 14. A-Dawg changes throughout the story from an immature brat to a responsible child. What type of literary device is this? A) Flat Stanley. B) Dynamic character. C) Flat character. D) Where is Waldo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dynamic character. 15. Which consonant sound is an example of alliteration in the sentence, 'Wendy went to Walmart to win washable face masks? A) 'A'. B) 'W'. C) 'T'. D) 'M'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'W'. 16. "The sea was angry that day, my friends!" This is an example of ..... A) Static character. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 17. Hyperbole is used to: A) Exaggerate. B) Give human characteristics to nonhuman objects or beings. C) Make a comparison. D) Make a comparison between two things using either like or as. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exaggerate. 18. The author gives clues about a character by describing what a character looks like, does, and says, as well as how other characters react to them Ex. "Crooks scowled, but Lennie's disarming smile defeated him. Come on in and set a while." A) Direct characterization. B) Indirect characterization. C) Forward characterization. D) Round characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect characterization. 19. Roses can symbolize ..... A) Power. B) Love. C) Death. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Love. 20. A humorous scene placed between serious scenes A) Rule of Three. B) Dramatic Irony. C) Comic Relief. D) Cliff Hanger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comic Relief. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesLiterary Devices Quiz 1Literary Devices Quiz 2Literary Devices Quiz 3Literary Devices Quiz 4Literary Devices Quiz 5Literary Devices Quiz 6Literary Devices Quiz 7Literary Devices Quiz 8Literary Devices Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books